Biology

Psychiatric diagnosis may soon become less dependent on drawing rigid boundaries between disorders that frequently overlap in symptoms, biology and...

A previously underappreciated population of immature T cells may help explain why type 2 inflammation in the lungs can persist...

Proteins are often described as the machines of biology, but designing one from scratch remains an extraordinary challenge. A sequence...

Aging brains may be vulnerable to a chemical change so small that it can be measured at the level of...

Cervical cancer may be driven in part by a molecular switch that scientists have only recently begun to understand: the...

Australian brown snakes undergo a dramatic transformation as they grow, and new research suggests that the change is written directly...

A microscopic partnership between a freshwater alga and a soil-associated bacterium may help determine how nutritious algae become—and how effectively...

Hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common primary cancer of the liver, may have an unexpected vulnerability: copper. A new mini-review published...

Koalas may carry more genetic variation in a crucial first line of immune defence than previously recognised, according to a...

DNA double-strand breaks are among the most dangerous forms of genetic damage a cell can experience. When both strands of...